set up a system to solve. Two angles are supplementary. Twice one angle is equal to the other anlge minus 36. Find both angles.
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The answer is x=48 and y=132 but how did they get this answer?
two angles are supplementary if they add to 180. So, if one angle is x, the other is (180-x), and you have
2x = (180-x)-36
2x = 133-x
3x = 144
x = 48
2x = (180-x)-36
2x = 133-x
3x = 144
x = 48